Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs deepens expertise with addition of nonresident fellows Press Release
New fellows will contribute to the Atlantic Council’s leading work on security, human rights, and economic development in the Middle East
Washington, DC February 8, 2021 The Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs announced today the addition of four nonresident fellows:
Abdulrahman al-Masri, a Middle East analyst with expertise in security, civil-military relations, authoritarianism, ethnic conflict, and foreign and defense policy.
David Daoud, a research analyst on Hezbollah and Lebanon. Daoud previously worked as a staff member on Capitol Hill advising on matters related to the Middle East, Israel, Lebanon, and Hezbollah.
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Gone with the Muhasasa: Iraq’s static budget process, and the loss of financial control In-Depth Research & Reports by Ahmed Tabaqchali
The Iraqi government plans to respond to the financial crises in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic by addressing the root causes of Iraq’s vulnerability to external shocks. The government has laid out a plan, known as the White Paper, which aims to fix the fault lines of the economy and by extension, the political system that fostered them. A key aspect is to enable the Ministry of Finance to deal with the complexities of managing the budget in the current crises.
Iraq’s static budget process
Wed, Jan 6, 2021 9:00 AM
A new paper by the Iraq Initiative outlines the inefficiencies inherent in Iraq’s current budget process and the need for a revamped, dynamic and transparent budget mechanism.
Please join the Atlantic Council’s Iraq Initiative on
Wednesday, January 6 from
9:00 am – 10:00 am ET for a discussion surrounding the upcoming paper,
Gone with the Muhasasa – Iraq’s static budget process, and the loss of financial control. Authored by Ahmed Tabaqchali, chief investment officer at AFC Iraq Fund, the paper outlines the inefficiencies inherent in Iraq’s current budget process and the need for a revamped, dynamic and transparent budget mechanism.
Baghdad, Iraq – It was 1am on January 3, 2020, when news arrived that an American drone had targeted a convoy of vehicles in Iraq’s capital, in which a top Iranian general was believed to have been killed.
Before the hour was up, Iraqi state television corroborated what many had suspected: Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani was among the 10 victims of the deadly strike, which the United States later said was part of a wider strategy to deter enemies.
By the time the country woke up that morning, the news had sent shockwaves across the globe, with some Iraqis comparing their disbelief to what they felt when Saddam Hussein was toppled.